Hello, St. Clement parishioners & friends!
~ Lent begins next week ~
This coming Wednesday 5 Mar is Ash Wednesday. Mass will be offered in English at 8:30am and 6pm and in Spanish at 7:30pm. Distribution of ashes will be offered at noon.
Beginning Friday 7 Mar, on the Fridays of Lent we will have Stations of the Cross in English at 6:30pm followed by a Lenten meal in the Marian Center at 7:00pm. Stations of the Cross in Spanish will begin at 7:30pm.
Our Lenten parish penance service is scheduled for Tuesday 8 Apr at 6:30pm. Multiple priests will be on hand to hear confessions. Other opportunities for reconciliation are 4pm Saturdays, 7pm Thursdays, and by appointment.
Please keep in your prayers all those who are preparing to come into full communion with the Church at Easter. Those from our parish will be going to the Rite of Election at Holy Family Cathedral on Sunday 16 Mar.
Holy Week schedule:
- Weekend of 12/13 Apr: Palm Sunday Masses at usual times
- Tuesday 15 Apr: Chrism Mass at Holy Family Cathedral at 5:30pm
- Thursday 17 Apr · Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord’s Supper in English at 6pm and in Spanish at 7:30pm followed by adoration
- Friday 18 Apr · Good Friday: Stations of the Cross in English at 3pm; liturgy of The Lord’s Passion in English at 6pm; Stations of the Cross followed by liturgy of The Lord’s Passion in Spanish at 7:30pm
- Saturday 19 Apr · Holy Saturday: Easter Vigil at 8:30pm followed by reception celebrating our newest Catholics
- Sunday 20 Apr · Easter Sunday: Mass in English at 8 and 10:30am; Easter egg hunt at 11:45am; Mass in Spanish at 12:30pm (note time change)
Calendar notes:
- *TODAY* Fri 28 Feb: last day to stop online contributions via WeShare. St. Clement now uses Flocknote. Click here to set up online giving that way.
- *tomorrow* Sat 1 Mar: 10am Mass at St. Joseph Vietnamese Parish, 14905 E. 21st St. S., Tulsa, for the Jubilee Year of Hope. The theme is Culture of Life – Those with Disabilities.
- this weekend 1/2 Mar: Faith & Works Appeal
- *this coming Wednesday* 5 Mar: Ash Wednesday Mass in English at 8:30am and 6pm; distribution of ashes at noon; Misa en español at 7:30pm
- Fri 7 Mar: Stations of the Cross in English at 6:00pm; Lenten meal at 7:00pm; Stations of the Cross in Spanisih at 7:30pm
- Wed 2 Apr: Karlo Broussard "O Death Where is Thy Sting?" A Case for the Resurrection of Jesus at 6:30pm in the church
- Tues 8 Apr: parish penance service at 6:30pm
Faith & Works Annual Appeal
Perhaps you have already received a letter asking for your pledge to the Faith & Works Annual Appeal in the mail. If you haven’t pledged, you will have the opportunity to donate at Mass this weekend. Whether you’ve given in the past, or you’d be a first-time giver, we ask that you give prayerful consideration to donating this year. Our church family is much bigger than our parish. It’s really up to all of us to help provide the 78 parishes and 2 missions in Eastern Oklahoma including St. Clement with the services and ministry resources that no single parish could provide for itself. It’s also important to remember that many of these services we benefit from throughout the year. Some of the expanding ministries of the Diocese are the ministry activities in the rural areas, revitalization of our Faith Formation Conference, The Well (formerly known as Sing Praise) events, the Alcuin Institute for Catholic Culture, a full-time Director of Child and Youth Protection, our full-time Director of Vocations, and much more. Please join next weekend in helping our faith go further by making a pledge to the Faith & Works Annual Appeal.
Communio
We’re thrilled to announce that our parish has partnered with Communio, an amazing nonprofit ministry dedicated to helping parishes grow through powerful evangelization and strengthening relationships! With their support, we’re setting exciting goals and crafting a dynamic plan to launch new ministries that will support people at every stage of romantic life—whether you’re single, dating, engaged, or married. Together, we’ll strengthen relationships and build a stronger, more connected community! Before we launch these new initiatives, we need your help! we will be distributing an anonymous, mobile-friendly relationship health survey for everyone 18 and older from 8-16 Mar. You can complete the quick 3-minute survey on your smartphone during that weekend's homilies (paper surveys will also be available). The survey, created by relationship experts, will help us better understand the needs of our parishioners and shape our future ministries here at our wonderful parish of St. Clement.
We look forward to this partnership with Communio and hope you do too. Thank you and God bless!
Online Giving
Our parish now uses Flocknote for secure online giving. You can make one-time or recurring donations by visiting StClementBixby.flocknote.com/give on your computer or a mobile browser. If you have been donating electronically via WeShare, please cancel that no later than today. For more information, check out the flyers posted around the church or head to StClementBixby.flocknote.com/give.
🕯️ Oremus pro invicem
Let us pray together for these loved ones, all those who have no one to pray for them, and each other:
- Pope Francis
- Dcn. Neal Harton as he recovers from shoulder surgery
- Amanda Dentist
- James S
- Geovanny
- Juanita Reames
- Paul
- Vickey Nash
- all those preparing to receive sacraments soon and their catechists, sponsors, and families
- the sick and suffering of our parish & our loved ones and those who love and care for them
- the holy souls in purgatory, all those near death, and all who are grieving
- all those listed in our book of prayer intentions
We invite folks to send names (first only are fine!) to include on a list of people for whom to pray, such as the sick and suffering of our parish. If you’d like to add a name to the prayer list (yours or someone else’s *with their permission), please email that info to Bonnie at music@stcbixby.org.